{"id":2344875,"date":"2024-09-23T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-covid-patients-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:17:38","slug":"while-covid-patients-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-covid-patients-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"While Covid Patients Died Alone, Lockdowners Had Sex Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhile-covid-patients-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the controversial actions of Dr. Jay Varma, \u200bNew York City&#8217;s former &#8220;Covid czar,&#8221; during the pandemic. While many patients \u2063died alone due \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-usps-running-covert-operation-monitoring-americans-social-media-for-inflammatory-posts\/\" title=\"Report: USPS Running \u2018Covert\u2019 Operation Monitoring Americans\u2019 Social Media For \u2018Inflammatory\u2019 Posts\">strict lockdown measures<\/a>,\u200b Varma openly admitted to attending sex parties \u200cand drug-fueled raves during this time. These admissions \u200bcame\u2064 to light\u200c through secretly recorded conversations released by\u2063 conservative\u200c podcaster Steven Crowder. Varma recounted \u200cinstances of hosting private gatherings and attending underground dance parties, acknowledging his risky behavior despite being\u200c an advocate for strict public\u2063 health measures that restricted gatherings to prevent the spread\u200d of COVID-19. The\u2064 article criticizes Varma&#8217;s hypocrisy, highlighting the\u2063 impact\u2064 of the lockdown on millions \u2062of New Yorkers and\u200c the closing of over 5,000 businesses while he engaged in activities that violated the very rules he enforced. \u2064Varma&#8217;s reflections surfaced amidst a broader discussion of government officials&#8217; similar behavior throughout the pandemic, bringing to light issues of \u200caccountability \u200dand the consequences of their policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DulLO6C0Dik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StevenCrowder \/ YouTube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/while-your-family-members-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=While%20Your%20Family%20Members%20Died%20Alone,%20Lockdowners%20Had%20Sex%20Parties&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/while-your-family-members-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=While%20Your%20Family%20Members%20Died%20Alone,%20Lockdowners%20Had%20Sex%20Parties&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/while-your-family-members-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/while-your-family-members-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=While%20Your%20Family%20Members%20Died%20Alone,%20Lockdowners%20Had%20Sex%20Parties&amp;body=Jay%20Varma%20is%20just%20the%20latest%20government%20official%20exposed%20for%20violating%20the%20deadly%20lockdown%20regimes%20imposed%20on%20the%20public%20four%20years%20ago.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/while-your-family-members-died-alone-lockdowners-had-sex-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>While thousands of sick patients died alone under forced hospital isolation measures, New York City&rsquo;s &ldquo;Covid czar&rdquo; attended sex parties and drug-fueled raves.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jay Varma, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/dr-jay-varma-nyc-covid-sex-parties-znmfchsng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">led<\/a> the city&rsquo;s coronavirus response as senior adviser to then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, admitted to the pandemic promiscuity in secretly recorded conversations published by conservative podcaster Steven Crowder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f6609764e6dab8ff136574be08f38726 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f6609764e6dab8ff136574be08f38726\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s so funny,&rdquo; Varma said on tape, &ldquo;because I did all this like deviant, sexual stuff while I was on TV.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Varma said in another recorded conversation he and his wife rented a hotel room to host their own secret sex party with Ecstasy. &ldquo;We &hellip; had to be kind of sneaky about it because hotels didn&rsquo;t want people gathering there,&rdquo; Varma said, adding his profile as the city&rsquo;s lockdowner-in-chief called for extra discretion. &ldquo;It was fun!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Varma said in yet another recorded conversation he attended a sex party in August 2020 with &ldquo;10 to 12 people,&rdquo; which likely would have violated New York City&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/mome\/newsletter\/covid-mome-eblast-111320.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules<\/a> when gatherings were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huschblackwell.com\/new-york-state-by-state-covid-19-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">routinely capped <\/a>at 10 people. <\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DulLO6C0Dik?si=TWgB2HagmGDMDlNW&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Varma also talked about attending crowded underground dance parties in June 2021. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-412cc4d550d24b34f3bd41d7d4044330 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-412cc4d550d24b34f3bd41d7d4044330\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We were all rolling, we were all taking molly and everyone was high,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But I was looking around,&rdquo; he added, wondering &ldquo;if anybody sees me and they&rsquo;re going to be pissed because this was not Covid-friendly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Millions of New York City residents meanwhile struggled under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">public health<\/a> official&rsquo;s aggressive lockdowns that permanently closed more than <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/15\/nyc-lost-over-5000-manhattan-businesses-during-covid-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5,000<\/a> businesses in Manhattan alone.<\/p>\n<p>Videos made public by Crowder show Varma also bragging about making life &ldquo;really f**king hard&rdquo; for the residents resistant to coronavirus vaccination. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t convince them,&rdquo; Varma said. &ldquo;You have to like, just pass laws that say, like, you got to do this. &hellip; So that&rsquo;s what we do in public health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Crowder confronted Varma over the hidden footage in another video published last week, wherein Varma at first denied he attended crowded pandemic-era dance parties before claiming he was merely consulting for the city while violating lockdown measures. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-44887604beb99e8725052e9e66442c53 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-44887604beb99e8725052e9e66442c53\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I was, at that time, I was purely consulting,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zEI41TudI-g?si=uUhEn7GzS-zr7xey&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Varma is just the latest government official exposed for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/03\/democrats-undermining-covid-with-do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violating<\/a> the deadly lockdown regimes imposed on the public four years ago. The list includes other prominent New York authorities. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo planned a Thanksgiving that violated his own limits on gatherings, and former New York City Mayor de Blasio <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/10\/de-blasio-joins-crowds-celebrating-bidens-win-yet-slams-the-orthodox-for-outdoor-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broke<\/a> social distancing measures to celebrate Democrats&rsquo; 2020 win. Constituent New Yorkers, however, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/mome\/newsletter\/covid-mome-eblast-111320.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threatened<\/a> with state punishment for gatherings of more than 10 people in November.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5a61440db6ef2d2653e0433e1546871f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5a61440db6ef2d2653e0433e1546871f\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. 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As the senior adviser to then-Mayor Bill de Blasio overseeing the city&#8217;s coronavirus response, Varma acknowledged his pandemic escapades in secretly recorded discussions released by conservative podcaster Steven Crowder. In one recording, he remarked humorously about engaging in &#8220;deviant sexual activities&#8221; while appearing on television. He also revealed that he and his wife rented a hotel room for their own clandestine sex party involving Ecstasy, noting they had to be discreet since hotels were wary of gatherings during that time. Varma recounted attending a sex party in August 2020 with &#8220;10 to 12 people,&#8221; which likely breached New York City&#8217;s gathering limits of 10 individuals at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he mentioned going to crowded underground dance parties in June 2021 where attendees were using drugs like molly and expressed concern about being seen given the non-compliance with Covid safety measures. Meanwhile, millions of residents faced strict lockdowns imposed by public health officials like Varma that resulted in over 5,000 businesses permanently closing in Manhattan alone.<\/p>\n<p>Crowder&#8217;s released videos show Varma boasting about making life &#8220;really f**king hard&#8221; for those resistant to Covid vaccinations and suggesting that laws should be enacted rather than trying to persuade them directly. When confronted by Crowder regarding the footage showing him at these events, Varma initially denied attending such gatherings but later claimed he was only consulting for the city during those times.<\/p>\n<p>Varma is not alone; other government officials have also been caught violating their own stringent lockdown rules from four years ago\u2014most notably former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2014who both disregarded their own restrictions while constituents faced penalties for similar actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2344876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Varma.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4127,6454,6290,4828,41535],"class_list":["post-2344875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-covid","tag-isolation","tag-lockdown","tag-pandemic","tag-sex-parties"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Varma.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}